The thread started by Critiquing the BA Management decision to commit to the MAX aircraft, and "Was there something in the tea. It has since deviated to be a criticism of Investment funds and Hedge Funds. I don't profess to be an expert in the M&A market, But my inital premise still stands. Shareholders don't invest to drive the Share Price Down. Some will argue that there are Venture Capitalists out there who "Prey" on companies in distress, Greybull Capital being a frequently cited company, and associated Asset stripping, but the harsh reality (Monarch as an example) is these companies are already in distress, they are not driven to the wall by Venture Capitalists, they were already veering towards the wall. Sometimes a turnaround can be effected, other times it cannot, as they left it too late, which brings us nicely back to my initial point about failure to Change and innovate will kill companies.